Hugh Myres and
Jason Quigley advanced to the 49kg and 75kg finals at the European U/23
Championships following semi-final wins over Israel and Russia in Russia
today.

Myres, who boxes
out of the Ryston BC in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, beat Israeli
light-flyweight David Albrdian 16-8 at the Sports Palace in
Kaliningrad.

And Quigley (Finn
Valley BC, Donegal) followed that up with a 15-13 decision over Russian
southpaw Maksim Timofeev in the middleweight class.

Both Irish boxers
are now guaranteed at least silver.

Myres, taking the
bout to his opponent and also boxing superbly on the counter, won the
first two rounds (5-2,5-3), before claiming the third 6-3 to seal a
commanding victory.

The Mullingar man
will now meet Karium Sogomonyan in Tuesday’s final.

The Armenian,
described by Irish team manager and coach John Finn as an “elusive
customer”, beat Russia’s Vasily Egorev in the corresponding semi-final
today.

Quigley (Finn
Valley BC) is no stranger to winning gold in European competition as he
went all the way at the 2009 European Youth Championships in Szczecin,
Poland.

The Donegal
orthodox used his height and reach advantage to good effect versus
Timofeev in today's last-four duel.

Scoring almost
exclusively with right backhands, Quigley took the first two rounds 5-4
and 7-3, but ceded two points after receiving a harsh public warning for
holding in the third, a round which Timofeev won 6-3

Germany’s Deniss
Radovan awaits in Tuesday’s 75kg final.

Kilkenny southpaw
Darren O’Neill, who captained the Irish boxing team at the 2012 Olympics,
beat Radovan in Round Robin tournaments in France and Germany in 2011 and
2012.

“We have two into
the finals now and we have at least two silver medals. Hopefully, we can
make that two gold medals tomorrow, said John Finn.

“Hugh and Jason
boxed very well today and their confidence will be high in Tuesday’s
finals. It will be a big day for us tomorrow.”